The 13th edition of the
Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is just around the corner and takes place December 5–8 in Harbour Island, Eleuthera and December 8–11 in Nassau.

Michael
Mailer of “Blind” starring Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore and Dylan McDermott
will open the festival with a red carpet screening at Rawson Square,
Downtown Nassau on Thursday, December 8th followed by the documentary
“Before the Trees was Strange” directed by Derek Burrows. The Closing
film “Bazodee” starring Machel Montano will close the festival with an
evening screening on Sunday, December 11th at Fort Stanley, Fort
Charlotte.

This
year, the Festival will showcase 95 films from 26 different countries,
including 31 features of which several are international premieres and
all are Bahamian premieres.

What
is especially exciting this year are the nine films being presented
that were either made by Bahamian filmmakers, feature Bahamians in major
roles or filmed on location here in The Bahamas. They are as follows: